Pros: Free Follows students throughout school and beyond Full-featured
Cons: Confusing, not sure where to start. No examples on the web page No help with the set-up Not very user friendly
Live Binder
Pros:
Free Very user friendly Support for a lot of content Very organized website Widely used in many different settings Examples of binders are easy to find
Cons:
Limit on the amount of space you can use for each portfolio
E-Portfolio.org
Pros:
Support for a lot of content A lot of support from the company
Cons:
Very expensive Hard to get examples to see how the portfolios are built
Recommendation:
We would recommend Live Binder because it is free to use, it is very user friendly and the students are able to continue to add to their portfolio and the teacher has a lot of control over what information will be seen, it can be used for a variety of different purposes; it can store documents as well as web pages.
The other sites are not quite as user friendly and free; therefore, we decided to recommend live binder as the best e-portfolio builder that we found.
E-Portfolio Builders
Foliospaces.com
Pros:
Free
Follows students throughout school and beyond
Full-featured
Cons:
Confusing, not sure where to start.
No examples on the web page
No help with the set-up
Not very user friendly
Live Binder
Pros:
Free
Very user friendly
Support for a lot of content
Very organized website
Widely used in many different settings
Examples of binders are easy to find
Cons:
Limit on the amount of space you can use for each portfolio
E-Portfolio.org
Pros:
Support for a lot of content
A lot of support from the company
Cons:
Very expensive
Hard to get examples to see how the portfolios are built
Recommendation:
We would recommend Live Binder because it is free to use, it is very user friendly and the students are able to continue to add to their portfolio and the teacher has a lot of control over what information will be seen, it can be used for a variety of different purposes; it can store documents as well as web pages.
The other sites are not quite as user friendly and free; therefore, we decided to recommend live binder as the best e-portfolio builder that we found.